Dokument #1121814
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
A professor of political science at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who specializes in the
politics of Chad, and is co-author of Chad: A Nation in Search
of its Future, stated that the Kanembu are very different from
the Gorane in terms of language, location and lifestyle (2 Feb.
1999). He explained that the Gorane are located in the north-east
of Chad, are Muslim and mainly pastoral whereas the Kanembu are
located in north-western part of Chad near Lake Chad, and speak the
Kanembu language. He also stated that they tend to be fishermen and
hunters although they also practise some agriculture (ibid.). The
majority of the Kanembu, the professor stated, are animist and a
small minority are Muslim. Ethnologue corroborates the
information provided by the professor in terms of location,
language and religion, but adds that the Kanembu use Arabic as a
second language (1992, 221).
The professor also said that the Kanembu
are a small group that does not occupy an influential position in
Chad's current politics. According to the The Encyclopedia of
the Third World, the Kanembu comprise 1.8 percent of the total
population (1992, 352).
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the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
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particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see below the
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Information Request.
References
Encyclopedia of the Third
World. 1992. 4th ed. Vol. 1. Edited by George Thomas Kurian.
New York: Facts on File.
Ethnologue: Languages of the
World. 1992. 12th ed. Edited by Barbra F. Grimes. Dallas:
Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Political Science professor specializing
in the politics of Chad, and co-author of Chad: A Nation in
Search of its Future, 2 February 1999. Telephone
interview.
Additional Sources Consulted
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January 1997 - December 1998. Vols. 37-38. Nos. 1-25.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1997-1998. Vols. 34-35.
Nos. 1-12.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1997. 1998. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Press.
Political Handbook of the World
1998. 1998. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA
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Electronic sources: IRB databases,
Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, World Network Connection (WNC)